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Bitcoin Drops After Powell Comments; FLOKI Becomes Top Loser

Published 08/03/2023, 14:44
Updated 08/03/2023, 16:15
© Reuters.  Bitcoin Drops After Powell Comments; FLOKI Becomes Top Loser
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Benzinga - Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) traded lower, with the cryptocurrency prices trading slightly above the $22,000 level on Wednesday following comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) also moved lower, but traded above the $1,500 mark this morning.

Traders now await comments from Powell as he travels to Capitol Hill again on his second day of Congressional testimony.

Bone ShibaSwap (CRYPTO: BONE) was the top gainer over the prior 24 hours, while FLOKI (CRYPTO: FLOKI) turned out to be the biggest loser.

At the time of writing, the global crypto market cap fell to $1.01 trillion, recording a 24-hour decline of 1.2%. BTC was trading lower by 1.7% at $22,021, while ETH fell by around 0.9% to $1,552 on Wednesday.

Here are the top ten crypto gainers and losers over the past 24 hours:

Gainers

  • Bone ShibaSwap (CRYPTO: BONE)

Price: $1.81

24-hour gain: 20.9%

  • XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)

Price: $0.395

24-hour gain: 5.6%

  • Conflux (CRYPTO: CFX)

Price: $0.2008

24-hour gain: 2.7%

  • Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)

Price: $0.00001122

24-hour gain: 2.1%

  • BinaryX (old) (CRYPTO: BNX)

Price: $99.81

24-hour gain: 1.3%

Losers

  • FLOKI (CRYPTO: FLOKI)

Price: $0.00004025

24-hour drop: 10.5%

  • SingularityNET (CRYPTO: AGIX)

Price: $0.3871

24-hour drop: 10.3%

  • Optimism (CRYPTO: OP)

Price: $2.23

24-hour drop: 8.6%

  • Enjin Coin (CRYPTO: ENJ)

Price: $0.4041

24-hour drop: 7.7%

  • Klaytn (CRYPTO: KLAY)

Price: $0.2107

24-hour drop: 7.5%

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